The rise of Zohran Mamdani, who is set to become New York’s first Muslim and African mayor of South Asian descent, and his political vision is rooted in his father and Columbia University academic Mahmood Mamdani’s civil rights activism and the idea of linked struggles for freedom
Israeli airstrike in Qatar shattered assumptions of immunity and marked the first direct violation of the sovereignty of a Gulf Arab nation, raising questions over the durability of the Abraham Accords or normalization of ties between Arab states and Israel, and deepening fears of escalation
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel cites Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invocation of Amalek, biblical Israel’s rival nation, which has long been used to justify killing Palestinians
European notions of “inferior races” underpinned genocidal practices—from Tasmania’s colonial massacre to the eugenic theories that laid the groundwork for the Holocaust, with Gaza reflecting longstanding colonial templates: the dehumanization, the framing of civilian lives as disposable, and the use of authoritarian control not an anomaly, but a continuation of historical patterns of racialized violence
Amid global anti-Muslim hysteria and the clash of civilizations narrative, the lived reality tells a different story: Hindus, Christians, and other minorities thrive in Muslim-majority societies like Indonesia and the Gulf, where Islamic traditions coexist with mutual respect, defining social and political life
Reagan and economist Arthur Laffer used Ibn Khaldun’s ideas to build modern conservative tax policy, although the Islamic roots of supply-side economics and the influence of the Islamic Golden Age remains largely forgotten
Arab Muslim polymath Ibn Khaldun’s supply-side economic theory that tax cuts stimulate the economy and generate greater revenues influenced Ronald Reagan’s economic policies, and the Laffer Curve, which shaped modern conservative tax policy
The American strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities sparked a fresh sense of emergency that Iran has repeatedly found itself in, and contributed to the survival of the establishment that took power post-1979 revolution, with the same Western hegemony and interferences among the contributing factors
Persian poet Saadi, who influenced thinkers such as French Enlightenment writer-philosopher Voltaire, was among the stalwarts who studied in Baghdad at iconic educational institutes such as Nizamiya College and Mustansiriya University, known for their structured teachings and diverse student body, during the Islamic Golden Age
A nuanced understanding of historical Jewish experiences under Muslim rule, include the refuge and respect Jews found in the Ottoman Empire in sharp contrast with their persecution in Europe, and thriving of Jews in Muslim societies for centuries before the rise of Zionism and tensions over Palestine disrupted the historical harmony could help improve Jewish-Muslims relations and aid the Israel-Palestine conflict resolution
